There are so many healthy brain booster foods out there, foods that will keep your brain healthy.

But today we are talking about foods, that will actually make you smarter and enhance your memory. If you are a student, or a feel like your brain is working a little to slow, try out these amazing foods:

SPINACH

A handful of spinach can do wonders for your brain. Spinach is a great source of folate, a B-vitamin that helps the brain in many ways. Folate helps maintain healthy brain circulation by preventing the buildup of plaque. Folate, also called methyl, helps to form neurotransmitters needed for all thinking and learning. In addition, folate helps protect DNA in neurons from damage. Lastly, folate helps the liver to detoxify substances in the body to keep the brain healthy.

DARK CHOCOLATEIf you’re a fan of chocolate, you’ll want to opt for dark because it has several advantages over milk chocolate. One of those advantages is that it’s shown to improve the amount of blood that flows to your brain. It’s been shown to lessen the chances of getting a stroke, which is one of the most debilitating things that can happen to your brain. They also contain antioxidants, which are absent from milk chocolate, and these antioxidants can slow the aging process, including the aging of the brain.

AVOCADOAvocados are smooth and creamy because of their fat content. They are rich in a fatty acid called oleic acid, which helps to build the coating of insulation, known as myelin (found in white matter of the brain.) Myelin helps information travel at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour.

We can make some oleic acid on our own if we have other good fats in our diet, but avocados are a tasty way to include it in our diet.

Oleic acid makes up over a third of the fat in myelin. Thus, avocados (and other sources like olives, almonds and pecans) are helpful for speedy messaging within your brain.

PUMPKIN SEED

Pumpkin seeds are great for boosting brain power especially when you’re craving something on the savoury side.

A handful of pumpkin seeds each day provides you with the recommended daily levels of zinc (4-7mg a day) is vital for increasing brain power by enhancing memory and focus.

In fact research at Duke University Medical Centre and Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that zinc played a ‘critical’ role in regulating communication between the brain helping improve memory and cognition significantly.

WALNUTS

They even look like little brains, so maybe that’s Mother Nature’s way of telling us what walnuts are good for.

Indeed, a 2009 study in the Journal of Nutrition found that diets in which nuts made up as little as 2 percent reversed signs of aging in the brains of old rats, including the ability of the brain to function and process information.

And a study presented in 2010 at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease reported that mice with Alzheimer’s demonstrated improved learning, memory and motor coordination after being fed walnuts.

Walnuts contain high amounts of antioxidants, which some researchers say may combat the damage to brain cells’ DNA caused by free radicals in our bodies.